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Originally Posted by henrikb
2) am incredibly disappointed by the sudden launch of a successor (likely to kill the iLiad community - fearing I will never have a fully working djvu reader) and abrubt halt of iLiad features that were promised - comments from iRex employees have been floating around for long about e.g. a new, streamlined reader.
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I personally don't think the DR1000 is a successor to the iLiad. I think they are two product lines that will continue. They have different markets.
Many think though that the iLiad will/should have a price drop, but it may not... even the book edition has the watcom tablet. There is no iLiad version that compares to the DR1000. Perhaps they will come out with a Book Edition lite?
iLiad Book Edition (8inch, Watcom) $599
DR1000S (10inch, Watcom) $749
So, for the same features you get a bigger screen for $150. Seems pretty in line actually.
iLiad V2 (8inch, Watcom, WiFi) $699
DR100SW (10inch, Watcom, WiFi/BT/3g) $849
So, I'll extrapolate that the 1000SW will also be $150 more than the V2. I think that is in line with the price estimates we've seen.
So... no. I don't think the DR line is a successor to the iLiad line, but an additional product line.
I think iRex's biggest problem is that the Book Edition competes with the Sony, Kindle, CyBook, BeBook, Astak which are all in the $300-$350 range (sony actually $250). If they want to compete here they will need to reduce the BE price or maybe come out with a 6inch screen or a DE without the Watcom part.
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